Definition of
bluish has definitions from the field of color
1
[ adjective ] (color) having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

Synonyms

blue dark-blue blue-black light-blue blueish

Examples

"October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson "a blue flame" "blue haze of tobacco smoke"

Used in print

(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)

This was chiefly because of the bluish white autofluorescence from the cells .

Related terms

chromatic

2
[ adjective ] tinged with blue or purple from cold or contusion

Synonyms

blueish blue

Examples

"the children's lips are blue from cold" "a blue bruise"

Related terms

colored

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Rhymes with

jewish

Phonetic and Homophones

B L UW1 IH0 SH

Similar Spelling

Blish blueish blush Blash bliss Bligh Blais blouse Blough Bleich Blighia Blausey Blas Blasi Blass Blick Bloss blues bless blahs Bloch Blaize Blaise

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